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President Roosevelt tells Bishop Cranston that it pays to have a bishop who is both a good citizen and also has experience with affairs in Asia. Roosevelt thinks Cranston will like what he says to Congress and the Japanese, but hopes that Cranston will like the entire message as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-31
Brander Matthews writes to his friend President Theodore Roosevelt that he has received books recently on Japan and the Orient, written by a “clever and clear” French writer with a traveling scholarship who writes without bias. With his only child off to university, the Matthews household is lonely. It was good of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to send flowers from the White House conservatory.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-16
Senator Lodge found the letters from White and Kaneko in his Committee Room this morning. President Roosevelt is not the only one to receive interesting Oriental letters and Lodge has enclosed a letter he just received from Hong Kong which shows how famous the Senate is and how far its jurisdiction extends.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-26
John Barnett writes to Benjamin F. Barnes to clear up miscommunication regarding Dr. Shaw and Frederick William Holls, as well as to confirm that he will meet with President Roosevelt in Oyster Bay to discuss matters in South America and the Orient.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-24